Official Results

August 2022 Winners

Official results for the August 2022 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official August 2022 winners list.

Film Awards

16 awards

Best Feature Narrative Darkness This is my Revenge

Best Short Film BLINKS

Best Drama Short Stay Away

Best Comedy Short An Escape For Everyone

Best Horror Short Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath

Best Thriller Tealight

Best Animation Short Drone Runner

Best Experimental Short Crow Chick

Best International Short The Wiccan

Best Microshort Heart’s Creation

Best College Short Aquatic

Best High School Short The Search for Something

Best Mobile Short Beyond The Wall

Best Trailer An Escape For Everyone

Best Movie Poster Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath

Best Concept Minsan May Pangarap

Acting Awards

6 awards

Best Actor Gabriel Rivas (Blinks)

Best Actress Vivien Taylor (Tealight)

Best Supporting Actor Alex Von Klemperer (Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath)

Best Supporting Actress Natalie Sandone (X Knight: Escape From Warp Hell)

Best Ensemble X Knight: Escape From Warp Hell

Best Young Actor Marc Halcon (Heart’s Creation)

Technical Awards

10 awards

Best Director of a Feature Jim Cannatelli (X Knight: Escape From Warp Hell)

Best Director of a Short Matt Taylor (Tealight)

Best First-Time Director Timothy Morales (Minsan May Pangarap)

Best Female Filmmaker Sofia Marie Ceballos (Heart’s Creation)

Best Cinematography Sevdije Kastrati (Blinks)

Best Editing Alex Probst (An Escape For Everyone)

Best Visual Effects Sanoob Ahamed VP (Beyond the Wall)

Best Special Effects Makeup Joe Castro (Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath)

Best Sound Design Stefano Brunelli (Darkness This is My Revenge)

Best Original Score Jon McCoy (X Knight: Escape From Warp Hell)

Screenplay Awards

4 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “The Ring” by Linda Fejzaj Jaupaj

Best Feature Screenplay — Honorable Mention “Come Out and Play” by Brian Peterson

Best Short Screenplay “Mr. Bear Hugz” by Armand Arekian